The results favorite Nascar driver. 40% Ehrnhardt, 13% petty, 18% waltrip, 29% Gordon
(a) Order the popularity of the choices from greatest to least.
(b) It was estimated that 360 people were surveyed. If this was true, how many people would have voted for Ehrnhardt? Round to the nearest whole number. Show your work.
(c) 65 people voted for Petty. Was the estimate of total voters from Part (b) accurate? Explain.

(a) Earnhardt (40%), Gordon (29%), Waltrip (18%), and Petty (13%)

(b) 144, work is below

(c) No

Step-by-step explanation:

(b)

convert 40% to a decimal by dividing by 100 = 0.4

360 x 0.4 = 144 people voted for Earnhardt

(c) converting Petty's percentage to a decimal, we get 0.13. 360 x 0.13 = 46.8, or 47 people, not 65.

Waltrip's percentage, 0.18 x 360 = 64.8, or 65 people.

c is the correct answer

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